CORONATION PRAYERS

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27055, 2 June 1953, Page 10 (Supplement)

CORONATION PRAYERS

The Archbishop of Canterbury (the Most Rev. Geoffrey Fisher), the head of the Anglican Church, has issued three simple prayers for the Coronation. He has recommended them to all who witness or hear or see the Coronation on television. The prayers are:

O Lord God, erf Whom cometh all goodness and grace, let the love of all of us who witness our Queen’s Coronation, or who hear the service or see it from afar, surround her and uphold her, that in full assurance of the free loyalty and affection of the peoples committed to her care, she may, by Thine anointing, be established in Thy strength and enriched with all things needful for her ministry among us. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Almighty God, who dost raise up the races and nations to fulfil their purposes, we pray to bind together jn a common faith and duty the peoples of this land and of the British Commonwealth of Nations that, taught by Thy truth and inspired by Tliy lode, they may be strong to further Thy holy will. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O Lord Jesus, thou has created me and redeemed me and has brought me into that which now I am. Thou knowest what Thou wouldst do with me. Do with me according to Thy will, and have mercy. Amen.